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Form/Content: April 2007
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What are we doing, why are we doing it? April 12, 2007. April 06, 2007. Program note from a recent solo recital. Virtuosity is generally defined in terms of technical prowess: thundering scales, incandescent figurations, overwhelming power. Virtuosity is a game between the performer and the audience. The former flaunts his technique via feats of strength while maintaining a suggestion of disaster awaiting around the bend. The program I selected is meant to show off the range of expression and potential f...
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Edge of the Center: March 2015
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Friday, March 27, 2015. Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra: A City and Its Orchestra. About that music festival I've been thinking of—You know how they talk about April in Paris? Well, I think we should call it June in Buffalo. Yeah, why not? 8212; Morton Feldman*. June in Buffalo is an international festival that attracts some of the most widely-renowned artists from across the world. But it is first and foremost a festival in Buffalo. And there is perhaps no ensemble more firmly and proudly Buffalo. When L...
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Edge of the Center: Unexplored Regions: An Interview with David Felder
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Thursday, May 28, 2015. Unexplored Regions: An Interview with David Felder. This is a big year for June in Buffalo, marking both the 40th anniversary of the festival's founding and the 30th anniversary of David Felder's tenure as artistic director. Under Felder's direction, the festival changed significantly, placing a greater emphasis on student works, and bringing in a wide range of skilled composers, performers, and ensembles. Has called "an impressive ability to establish a sound universe, in which o...
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Edge of the Center: Buffalo's Third Wave: Thirty Years of June in Buffalo Under David Felder
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Monday, June 1, 2015. Buffalo's Third Wave: Thirty Years of June in Buffalo Under David Felder. Is a well-known song by Vladimir Dukelsky (aka Vernon Duke) and May in Miami refers to a month of cultural and community activities in its eponymous city. But June in Buffalo? I first met David on a 1983 trip to San Diego where I'd gone to collaborate with Roger Reynolds on a project that became his Transfigured Wind. If not in the flesh what I've come to call the Felder Style. Nils Vigeland, Harvey Sollberger,.
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Edge of the Center: Roger Reynolds: On Space and Collaboration
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Friday, May 22, 2015. Roger Reynolds: On Space and Collaboration. In Roger Reynolds' …the serpent-snapping eye. Series, and who, as a conductor, premiered several important works by the composer), percussionist Steven Schick (who worked closely with the composer on the Watershed. In 1978). Reynolds explains. In addition to collaborating with performers, Reynolds has worked with a wide variety of artists in other media. Many of his electronic pieces are the results of close work with musical assistant...
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Music and languages of the heart: Why is violin so hard to play?
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Music and languages of the heart. This blog is about my journey of learning a new instrument and a new language, both are ways for me to keep experiencing the world from different angles and with new eyes and ears! Sunday, October 5, 2008. Why is violin so hard to play? Drawing the bow across a string sounds simple at first, but compared to the guitar, piano, why is it so hard to make a beautiful sound? Can perfection be achieved only through years of experience or can it be explained by science?
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Music and languages of the heart: Pachelbel's Canon in D major
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Music and languages of the heart. This blog is about my journey of learning a new instrument and a new language, both are ways for me to keep experiencing the world from different angles and with new eyes and ears! Sunday, October 5, 2008. Pachelbel's Canon in D major. Here's a good version of the violin part. Great for training the ears while I practice. I tried playing along with it, but I can't do it that fast yet. Listen to Pachelbel's Canon in D Major at Imeem. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Music and languages of the heart: Violin Outfits
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Music and languages of the heart. This blog is about my journey of learning a new instrument and a new language, both are ways for me to keep experiencing the world from different angles and with new eyes and ears! Friday, November 7, 2008. Some great deals on violin outfits from Woodwind Brasswind. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Karl Kohn is 90. Benefits of Burdock Root Tea. Corner Violin Shop The weekly blog of A. Cavallo Violins, LLC. New Small Form Factor Desktop Computer - First Impressions.
